LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 doesn’t deviate much from the established LEGO template, but its wide variety of settings, heroes, and abilities make it constantly fun to play, especially in co-op. The combat is still quite simple and it’s sometimes difficult to tell what you should do next, but the story is lighthearted and fun enough that mild annoyances like these fade into the background.

Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 is a fantastic Lego game. A fun narrative, a list of well-known characters a mile long, and further refinement on the series’ classic gameplay mark this out as the best Lego game yet. Admittedly, it’s still another game in a well-trodden franchise, and one which doesn’t reinvent the (plastic) wheel, but few brands can claim the consistent quality on show here.

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 is a tried-and-true game for young kids everywhere who like the Marvel universe. There is a bit too much frustration with some parts of the game and the fighting can be very ho-hum for anyone out of diapers. That said, the humor, collection of heroes, length of the game, and overall quality makes this a no-brainer for kids everywhere. Just be ready to help 'em out.

What is the best part of LEGO? It’s definitely, without a doubt, building stuff. There might be a thousand different sets and themes to collect and play with, but when you get right down to basics, it’s the putting the bricks together and hearing that satisfying little click. Earlier this year, LEGO Worlds released, letting players build entire planets of their design. In their licensed games, however, things were changing. What was once a tried and tested formula of smashing your way through a dozen or so levels only to play them again to find the secrets, became expansive hub worlds, side qu...

When a game series has spawned 68 titles over the past 22 years there tends to be some expectations on what newer titles in the franchise contain. What would a Lego title be without building, destroying, and a story with some amusing aspects? Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 is the latest to employ that time-tested formula but does that formula still provide a good game experience or have things gotten stale? Let’s dive in and see.

There have been so many franchises represented in the long-running series of Lego games yet few are as enjoyable as ones featuring superheroes. Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 is bursting with comic book action so get ready to deliver plastic justice.

All in all then, LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 is perhaps both the best and worst LEGO game available on Xbox One. The formula is getting a bit old now, and I really hope that TT Games is planning to change things up a little for future LEGO releases, but what really brings LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 down are its technical problems. While its story missions are fairly passable, LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2′s open world is magnificent, and I see myself still getting lost in it for hours at time until every last mission and challenge has been completed. Providing that I don’t lose the will to live be...

The latest marriage of LEGO and Marvel is a mixed but promising step-up. Its star-studded story, inventive hub-world and new presentation style all add much-needed freshness to a stale format. However, technical issues, clumsy controls and overwhelming déjà vu remain. LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 2 still has the power to entertain, but while the game’s chronological theme has allowed the brand to stride confidently into the future, its core mechanics remain rooted firmly in the past.

LEGO Superheroes 2 adds more characters, references, and story to the previous entry while remaining to stand still is most other regards. Plenty of fun with friends or hunting down that last objective, but when left to your own devices, you might find yourself deviating.

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TT Games plays with time and digs deep into the history of the Marvel universe.

Perhaps that’s the issue. Deep within all of this stuff, under layers and layers of outdated game design carried by the Lego brand, is a promising game. The writing and character direction is, by and large, excellent. At its best, the game is a celebration of Marvel, putting together characters from lore deep-dives with big-screen names like Captain America and Star-Lord. At its worst, it is a vague, opaque slog through hundreds of identical enemies and bad level design. Sadly, Lego Marvel Super Heroes 2 is more “stepping on lego bricks” than “excelsior.”